WATERLOO WELLINGTON INTEGRATED HOSPICE PALLIATIAVE CARE TRANSITIONING PATIENTS REQUIRING HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE FROM ACUTE CARE TO COMMUNITY CARE
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1 WATERLOO WELLINGTON INTEGRATED HOSPICE PALLIATIAVE CARE TRANSITIONING PATIENTS REQUIRING HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE FROM ACUTE CARE TO COMMUNITY CARE Prepared by Andrea Martin, Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Lead, Manoj Sharma, WWCCAC Quality Improvement Specialist, Tony Stevenson, WWCCCAC Quality Improvement Specialist January 2013
2 Table of Contents Table of Contents... 2 Background... 3 Methodology... 4 Findings... 6 Recommendations... 8 References Appendix 1: Hospice Palliative Care Acute Care to Community Transition: Reducing Palliative ALC Focus Group Slide Deck (Nov. 29, 2012) Appendix 2: Hospice Palliative Care: Acute Care to Community Focus Session Participants Evaluation Report (Nov. 29, 2012) Appendix 3: Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Program Admission Appendix 4: Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Triage Guidelines Appendix 5: Waterloo Wellington Community Hospice Palliative Care Services... 22
3 Background Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN) is experiencing an increase in its alternative level of care (ALC) patient days for palliative care in its acute care facilities. WWLHIN and its service providers have been diligently working on reducing the WWLHIN s ALC percentage and to meet the provincial target of 9.46%. Even though great gains have been made in the area of reducing ALC to Long-Term Care (LTC), ALC for palliative appears to be increasing and has tripled in a 20- months (April 2011 to November 2012) (See Table 1). In November 2012, the ALC for palliative care was 442 days. ALC (Acute) Patient Days Palliative as a percentage of total ALC days across the WWLHIN has almost quadrupled from April 11 (5%) to November 2012 (17%) (See Table 2). Table 1 illustrates the increasing trend of alternate level of care days for palliative experienced in four of the WWLHIN acute care facilities. In April 2011, approximately 160 days were recorded and in November 2012, 442 days were reported. Table 2 provides a visual of the ALC Patient count to Palliative for all acute care hospitals. In April 2011, thirty-two patients were identified while in November 2012 fifty-four patients were identified.
4 Acute care facility administrators are concerned with this increasing trend and further understanding to the reasons why individuals who require hospice palliative care services are in area hospitals is being asked. It is known that hospitals are not the preferred place of choice for most dying patients (Ontario Hospital Association, 2010). Leaders asked for a breakdown of the ALC for palliative care, barriers to discharge from acute care to community care and recommendations for improvement. The Home First Steering Committee with the assistance of the Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Lead and Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access (WWCCAC) Quality Improvement Specialists was tasked with producing this report for consideration for implementation or the development of tests of change to improve the ALC patient days for palliative care rate. Methodology ALC patient days for palliative care data was collected for the period of April 2011 to November 2012 from four of the seven WWLHIN acute care facilities. Hospitals where data was made available were Cambridge Memorial, Grand River Hospital, Guelph General Hospital, and St. Mary s. The data demonstrated that the ALC for palliative care was increasing and almost tripled during this period of time. (See Table 1) A community engagement session was arranged. It involved a facilitated focus session of discharge planning staff and care coordinators and follow-up discussions with key stakeholders for clarification to frame the recommendations. A Palliative Care Acute Care to Community Care Forum Session held on November 29 th, 2012 at the WWCCAC Guelph office, to discuss the barriers to discharge of patients requiring palliative care from acute care facilities to community care settings. Seventeen discharge planning staff and care coordinators from all seven acute care facilities and the WWCCAC participated in a 2.5 hour session to provide input into causes for delayed discharges of palliative patients and potential action items that could be considered for implementation. The session was facilitated by Andrea Martin, the Waterloo Wellington Hospice Palliative Care Lead, Manoj Sharma, WWCCAC Quality Improvement Specialist and Tony Stevenson, WWCCAC Quality Improvement Specialist. The scope of the session was to provide input into sustained palliative ALC reduction requiring simultaneous improvement in multiple areas to address system level issues. Participants were asked to consider the flow of an inpatient once the decision was made by the hospital personnel that a patient is classified as ALC for palliative care to completely discharge from the acute care facility to a community service, complex continuing care services or a residential hospice environment. Discussions didn t include out-patient services from an acute care facility or the role of WWCCAC palliative care case manager. Participants identified barriers that could cause delay in discharge in this patient population from a system level and interagency perspective rather than from internal organizational position. The participants were very generous with their time and comments to help improve the ease of transition of patients requiring hospice palliative care services from acute care to community care settings. The participants were divided into two smaller groups to define barriers, theme the barriers and determine the groups top two issues by voting with dots. A total of four top issues were discussed by the whole group and brain
5 storming about potential action items to resolve the issues was conducted. The information from the two small groups and the brain storming sessions were collated to create the foundation for the recommendations and next steps. Other stakeholders (Hospice Wellington Executive Director, WWCCAC Client Service Manager, and St. Joseph s Director) were consulted to provide clarity to existing discharge planning processes and provide insight into system level barriers that could contribute to the increase ALC patient days for palliative. See Appendix 1: Hospice Palliative Care Acute Care to Community Transition: Reducing Palliative ALC Focus Group slide deck (Nov. 29, 2012) and Appendix 2: Hospice Palliative Care: Acute Care to Community Focus Session Participants Evaluation Report (Nov. 29, 2012)
6 Program January 7, 2012 Findings The information provided by the stakeholders and the participants who attended the focus session was themed into four key areas: Identification/eligibility to HPC services, Access to HPC services/ Bed Management, Care Coordination and Communication/Education. Barriers and Issues to Acute Care Discharge for Patients Requiring Hospice Palliative Care Services Issues were prioritized and high priority issues (with 5 or more ) are highlighted in green. The priorities resulted in the top four areas to guide the recommendations and proposed action items. Identification/eligibility Communication/Education Access Management Care Coordination - Lack of hospice beds & lack of - Communication - Lack of hospice beds & lack of - Client complexity options for longer term prognosis o Different messages/opinions options for longer term o Care needs clients (clients 3-6months a o Prognosis-disagreement-MD prognosis clients (clients 3- o Family burnout challenge) 6months a challenge) - Frail seniors o Unclear eligibility criteria o Uncertain prognosis o Patient lower priority hospital - Treatment with symptom - Family fear - patients have access to - Home environment not management o Lack of unknown preferred choice beds without appropriate for discharge as o Choice to continue with treatment but will affect ability to discharge o Challenges faced with falls, delirium and other disease processes losing priority list at end-of-life patient unable to function safely Co-morbidity dialysis transportation - Living at home after the passing of - Acute palliative - Interpretation of ALC - Staffing models Resources at sites # of regular staff to care for activity o Transportation costs loved one - Family don t know how hospice works - Lack of understanding re. palliative care o ER Info Time Restrictions - Rebounding - Lack of oncology/palliative rehab - Lack of community services to support at home services most importantly 24 hour especially at night - Feel that patients deserve the right - Confusion about available - Number of beds to discharge to - Lack of resources to support
7 to choose where they live their last days (patient focus model) - Sites prioritize differently (criteria) Within system - not consistent with approach to transfer patients - Age of person changes the opportunities for support - Diagnosis & prognosis challenges - Admission criteria not consistent for services provided at palliative sites - Prognosis of more than three months - LTC eligibility criteria o R/T mobility o Care needs o Transfusions services locally Confidence in care provision on part of family trust in the system that what is said will be provided will be provided - Uncertainty between disciplines - Access to LTC restricted when a patient is deemed palliative - Transparency in prioritizing patients o Patient not understanding what a move on list means - Pressure of the system to move patients to first available bed - Community resources o Palliative Physicians & Nursing Expertise Burnout family - Financial issues o Social issues o Coping o Abuse safety o Compassionate leave - 6 weeks only o LTC resident co-payment verses no Hospital/Residential Hospice co-payment - Personal preferences o Families o Location of hospice. LTC Home - Expectation of client o Specific requests-preference for treatment location - Waiting for treatment options Palliative Team consult Palliative physician coverage - Patients at live alone at home No support to little support - Continuity of care - # of people caring for person feelings of loss of control - Costs of uncovered services, equipment, transportation
8 Recommendations 1. To address communication issues and promote common language among acute care facilities and its providers and other care settings, all acute care facilities adopt and implement the WWIHPC definition for hospice palliative care, its triggers including the Surprise Question of would you be surprised if this patient were to die in the next 12 months if the answer is no, HPC services would be beneficial, and the disease specific guidelines. Tools such as the ESAS and PPS should be used for all patients where the answer is no. This will improve communication and provide a consistent mechanism in patients requiring palliative care services. This question and tools should be placed in the acute care facilities documentation systems. The WW IHPC development work through the Integrated Client Care Project should be leveraged and tested in the acute care facilities (See Appendices 3, 4, 5). Note: This recommendation will have LARGE SYSTEM IMPACT AND RISK FACTORS that will need to be considered. 2. Education and communication about the available HPC care coordination and services is required across the WWLHIN area and its service providers. A focused effort should be placed on HPC education to ensure there is a change in process and practice at the bedside of patients living with a life-threatening illness in the last 12-months of life. a. All discharge planning staff and hospital care coordinators be provided education on available community HPC basket of services and utilize the WWCCAC 0031 to refer to HPC services. b. Hospice Visiting Volunteer Services should be introduced early in a patient s disease trajectory to assist the family with respite as a standard of care. c. Utilization of the WWCCAC Palliative Care Resource Nurse Care Coordinator should be leveraged as a regional resource for acute care staff to assess to understand and the application of the WW IHPC Program definitions and guidelines to assist in seamless transition of patients from acute care to community care settings. d. Physician education on HPC definition, guidelines and access to community HPC services with the support of a WWCCAC Care Coordinator should be provided. This education should be provided through regular acute care physician rounds or communication mechanisms such as physician newsletters and meetings. 3. The WW Rehabilitation System should consider palliative rehabilitation services to assist patients requiring palliative care to transition to their home environment. Patients requiring palliative care but not necessarily in the end-of-life phase of their HPC journey may benefit from improvement in functional status (improvement of muscle tone) that would enable them to continue their care at home therefore meeting patient s quality of living goals of care. A transitional plan must be established. The Palliative Rehabilitation would be aimed at patients with a Palliative Performance Score (PPS) of > 40% and has a prognosis of 3-12 months. Page 8
9 4. In the Complex Continuing Care System, pain and symptom management beds are established at Grand River Hospital (Freeport site) and St. Joseph s Health Centre. The intent of these beds is to be transitional and to stabilize patients before transfer to home or an end-of-life care setting such as LTC or Residential Hospice. A review should be conducted to ensure that the pain and symptom management criteria is effective and is being applied consistency at both sites. The review should explore if patients are being discharged to other care settings as appropriate. 5. A common criteria and admission process be established for all residential hospice beds in WWLHIN. A bed management process should be implemented to assess the residential hospice beds along with the Palliative complex continuing care beds. The residential hospices should work together to standardize the admission criteria and partner with WWCCAC to develop a consistent process to access residential beds. a. Process must be flexible to enable patients to be moved to their location of choice when a bed becomes available in the last days of life b. First bed philosophy will be a challenge. Separation of patient and family in the last days of life is not in the best interest of the patient. 6. Placement of patients requiring palliative care services with a 3-6 month prognosis (PPS of 60-40%) should be considered for LTC. Because a patient has been labeled as ALC Palliative should not prohibit admission to LTC homes. Admission barriers must be discussed with members of the WWLHIN LTC Network to determine feasible solutions to transition appropriate patients to LTC homes. a. LTC homes admission criteria: new residents regardless of diagnosis must be able to get to the dining room upon admission. This criterion could be met by patients with a PPS of 60-40%. For patients with a PPS of < 30%, the standards of care must be adjusted to enable admission to LTC Homes. Length of stay for this population could be less than 30 days not allowing the LTC home staff to meet the expected MOHLTC standards of care. b. There needs to be an equalization of co-payment structure between LTC Homes, hospitals and residential hospices for patients at end-of-life. The HPC philosophy is dying patients will not pay for care. Co-payment is an expectation and a sustainable factor for the LTC sector of the health care system. This co-payment could be a barrier for discharge and should be addressed. 7. Community Services: a. Overnight PSW services should be made available for patients at end-of-life (PPS < 30%) to help support the patient and family in the home setting. b. Hospice Visiting Volunteer Services should be introduced early in a patient s disease trajectory to assist the family with respite as a standard of care. Page 9
10 References (2008). National Gold Standards Framework Centre, Prognostic Indicator Guidance. London: England. Martin, A., Phillippa, B., & Johnston, S. (2010). Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Direction. Guelph: Waterloo Wellington Hospice Palliative Care Network. Ontario Hospital Association. (2010). Bending the Cost Curve. Toronto: Ontario Hospital Association. Page 10
11 Appendix 1: Hospice Palliative Care Acute Care to Community Transition: Reducing Palliative ALC Focus Group Slide Deck (Nov. 29, 2012) Page 11
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16 Appendix 2: Hospice Palliative Care: Acute Care to Community Focus Session Participants Evaluation Report (Nov. 29, 2012) 17 participants 1) Were the objectives for the session clearly outlined? 1= Not Met; 5 = Met Answer options Number of participants % of participants who selected the answer who selected the answer % % Comments 1) I was able to think about my possible contributions to the discussion ahead of time 2) Were the objectives achieved? 1= Not Met; 5 = Met Answer options Number of participants % of participants who selected the answer who selected the answer % % % 3) Were you able to voice your comments and concerns? 1= Not Met; 5 = Met Answer options Number of participants % of participants who selected the answer who selected the answer % % 4) Do you feel you were given opportunity to actively participate? 1= Not Met; 5 = Met Answers Number of participants % of participants who selected the answer who selected the answer % % Page 16
17 5) Please provide any additional comments about this session. We value your input. I. Good opportunity to review common concerns. Some systems issues beyond context of this group i.e. facility interpretation of eligibility criteria. Communication challenges always a concern. II. Interesting inconsistencies between resource availability from hospital to hospital as well as approval to discussion of options once ALC. Some LHIN but different definitions and practice among partners. III. This was an awesome experience, thank you for the invitation to speak about my passion for palliative care. IV. Great Session V. If getting people home is a priority and there are ANY extra funds out there palliative patients with backup to hospice need more PSW/nursing support and I think more will get home VI. I would like comment on how feedback will be communicated-thanks. VII. Well run! VIII. It is always helpful to my practice to be able to hear the voices of practitioners who are involved in palliative care. Thank you for the informative and valuable discussion. IX. Very well run and very relevant. Excellent mix of professionals as well. X. Enjoyed the small group discussion and found it gave more opportunity for discussion Page 17
18 Appendix 3: Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Program Admission Overall Definition for Hospice Palliative Care Program Individuals living with a life-threatening illness/diagnosis at any age requiring care for comfort, improving quality of living, or relieving symptom management issues with prognosis of 12 months (Martin, Phillippa, & Johnston, 2010) Client must meet any of the three following criteria: A. Would you be surprised if this person were to die in the next 12 months? B. The individual with a life-threatening illness & their family have chosen their focus of care to be on comfort & improving quality of living or client continues to decline in spite of definitive therapy. C. Symptom management needs in one or more of the 8 domains of issues in HPC. 1. Disease Management 2. Spiritual 3. Physical 4. Practical 5. Psychological 6. End of Life/Death Management 7. Social 8. Loss, Grief Note: Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) tool may be beneficial in determining symptom management needs. The Palliative Performance Score (PPS) 70% is used to determine clients place on the HPC trajectory Chronic Disease Hospice Palliative Care Clinical Indicators (National Gold Standards Framework Centre, Prognostic Indicator Guidance, 2008) Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 1. Disease assessed to be severe i.e. (FEV1< 30% predicted) 2. Recurrent hospital admission (>3 admissions in 12 months for COPD exacerbations) 3. Fulfils Long Term Oxygen Therapy Criteria 4. Medical Research Council dispend scale grade 4/5 5. Signs and Symptoms of Right heart failure 6. Combination of other factors i.e. anorexia, previous Non-invasive ventilation, resistant organism, depression Dementia 1. Unable to walk without assistance 2. Urinary and fecal incontinence 3. No consistently, meaningful verbal communication 4. Unable to dress without assistance 5. Barthel score 6. Reduced ability to perform activities of daily living 7. Plus any one of the following: a. 10% weight loss in previous six months without other causes b. Pyelonephritis or UTI c. Serum albumin 25 g/l d. Multiple stage III or IV decubitus ulcers Page 18
19 e. Recurrent fevers f. Reduced oral intake/weight loss g. Aspiration Pneumonia Failure to Thrive 1. Progression of disease documented by symptoms or test results 2. Decline in PPS 3. Weight loss supported by decreasing albumin or cholesterol 4. Dependence with 2 or more of the following: a. Feeding b. Ambulation c. Continence d. Transfers e. Bathing and dressing f. Dysphagia leading to inadequate nutritional intake or recurrent aspiration g. Age 70 or more Heart Disease/Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 1. CHF NYHA Classification III or IV- shortness of breath at rest or minimal exertion 2. Optimal dose of diuretic and vasodilator therapy 3. Ejection fraction of 20% or less 4. Cardiac symptoms: a. Arrhythmias resistant to therapy b. History of cardiac arrest c. History of syncope 5. Repeated hospital admissions with symptoms of heart failure 6. Difficult physical or psychological symptoms despite optimal tolerated therapy 7. Patient thought to be in the last year of life by the care team - the surprise question Motor Neuron Disease Motor Neuron Disease patients should be included from diagnosis, as it is a rapidly progressing condition. 1. Evidence of disturbed sleep related to respiratory muscle weakness in addition to signs of dyspnea at rest 2. Barely intelligible speech 3. Difficulty swallowing 4. Poor nutritional status 5. Needing assistance with Activities of Daily Living 6. Medical complications i.e. pneumonia, sepsis 7. A short interval between onset of symptoms and diagnosis 8. A low vital capacity (below 70% of predicted using standard spirometer) Multiple Sclerosis 1. Significant complex symptoms 2. Communication difficulties such as dysarthria and fatigue 3. Cognitive difficulties 4. Swallowing difficulties/poor nutritional status 5. Breathlessness and aspiration 6. Medical complication e.g. recurrent infection Page 19
20 Parkinson Disease The presence of two or more of the criteria in Parkinson disease should trigger on the Register 1. Drug treatment is no longer as effective/ an increasingly complex regime of drug treatments 2. Reduced independence, need for help with daily living 3. Recognition that the condition has become less controlled and less predictable with off periods 4. Dyskinesia s, mobility problems and falls 5. Swallowing problems 6. Psychiatric signs (depression, anxiety, hallucinations, psychosis) Most people with Parkinson s disease become severely disabled and immobile. They may be unable to eat, even with assistance. Dementia develops in about half the people. Because swallowing becomes increasingly difficult, death due to aspiration pneumonia is a risk. Stroke A continuous decline in clinical or functional status means the patient s prognosis is poor Comatose state lasting more than 3 days Persistent vegetative or minimal conscious state/dense paralysis/ incontinence Comatose patients with any 4 of the following on day 3 of a stroke have 97% mortality by 2 months 1. Abnormal brain response 2. Absent verbal response 3. No response to pain 4. Serum creatinine of more 1.5mg/dl 5. Increasing emergency visits, hospitalization or MD follow-ups related to their primary medical diagnosis 6. A score of 6 or 7 in the Functional Assessment Staging Test (FAST) for dementia 7. Progressive stage 3-4 pressure ulcers in spite of care Medical complications Lack of improvement within 3 months of onset Cognitive impairment/ Post-stroke dementia Functional Assessment Staging Test Page 20
21 Appendix 4: Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Triage Guidelines Triage guidelines for Hospice Palliative Care clients. Urgent Complex medical, physical, cognitive, and social conditions, at risk for hospitalization, Alternate Level of Care, or premature institutionalization High ESAS scores > 7 with emphasis on Pain, Nausea, and Shortness of Breath. Rapid decline in functional abilities Frequent visits to Emergency Department >3 in last 6 months Emotional distress ** Family not coping ** Sudden change in condition ** Immediate medical orders Palliative Care Nursing is required nursing priority 1 or 2 Rehab priority 1 PSW priority 1 ** [please see notes related to clinical Judgment] Service Guidelines WWCCAC telephone contact within same day (within 24 hours) To be seen within same day to 48 hours by service provider Process the immediate medical order Inter-RAI CA completed same day (if status remains urgent) Inter RAI PC or RAI PCH tool is completed by CC within o 3 days (ICCP). o 14 days (P3-10). Non-Urgent Predictable trajectory Low to Medium ESAS scores 1-6 Moderate functional abilities scores but declining trend Emergency department visits 1-2 in last 6 months Family express difficulties ** Palliative Care Nursing is required nursing priority 3 Therapy Rehab and PSW require face to face assessment. ** [please see notes related to clinical Judgment] WWCCAC Telephone contact within 72 hours (assessment e.g. ESAS, coping and provide contact numbers to the client) To be seen in 3-10 days by the service provider Inter-RAI CA completed within 72 hours (if status deems to be urgent, please follow the urgent guidelines) Inter RAI PC or RAI PCH tool is completed by CC within o 3 days (ICCP). o 14 days (P3-10). Could be seen in either a clinic or home setting ** Clinical Judgment means to error on the side of caution. If a client s condition or ESAS scores are with the border of urgent and non-urgent and there is a question of the seriousness of the client s condition, the Palliative Resource Nurse Care Coordinator will determine the client as urgent and initiate the key services to address the client issues before transferring to Community Palliative Care Coordinator. InterRAI, a multinational consortium of researchers, clinicians, and regulators that uses assessment systems to improve the care of elderly and disabled persons, designed a standardized assessment tool. Page 21
22 Appendix 5: Waterloo Wellington Community Hospice Palliative Care Services Page 22
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